Legal
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 85 139
Rank change year-on-year +24 +54 +18
Permanent jobs citing Legal 3,916 3,853 4,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.92% 3.87% 2.96%
As % of the General category 6.57% 5.68% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,764 1,532 2,017
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £48,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.22% +2.11% +5.56%

All General Skills
UK

Legal is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,604 67,868 104,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.64% 68.20% 64.59%
Number of salaries quoted 39,720 36,787 51,225
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,100 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the UK

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Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legal.

Salary trend for Legal in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Legal in the UK

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Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +9 2,968 £51,000 -7.27% 1,917
UK excluding London +20 2,784 £45,000 -7.22% 1,298
Work from Home +7 1,107 £55,000 - 645
London +19 988 £65,000 - 754
Scotland +55 779 £55,000 - 58
North of England +67 658 £46,500 -1.06% 302
South East -30 553 £37,875 -27.16% 364
North West +80 373 £46,500 -2.11% 178
Midlands +20 366 £50,000 -2.44% 215
West Midlands +8 251 £50,000 -4.76% 142
South West -34 221 £44,250 -4.32% 205
Yorkshire +37 205 £34,000 -24.44% 94
East of England -42 154 £50,000 - 130
East Midlands +38 115 £45,000 +38.46% 72
North East +45 80 £53,750 -10.42% 36
Wales +15 30 £50,000 -17.65% 66
Northern Ireland +34 17 £30,000 -46.43% 12
Channel Islands - 6 £85,000 - 1

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 280 (7.15%) Apache Spark
2 190 (4.85%) SharePoint
3 109 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 104 (2.66%) Apache
5 84 (2.15%) SAS
6 47 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
6 47 (1.20%) FileNet
7 33 (0.84%) CMS
8 20 (0.51%) Camunda
9 12 (0.31%) IIS
10 11 (0.28%) Confluence
11 8 (0.20%) WordPress
12 6 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
13 5 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
13 5 (0.13%) Tomcat
13 5 (0.13%) WebSphere
14 4 (0.10%) Office Communications Server
15 3 (0.077%) Apache Pulsar
15 3 (0.077%) NServiceBus
16 2 (0.051%) Luigi
Applications
1 386 (9.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 359 (9.17%) Microsoft Office
3 106 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 79 (2.02%) AutoCAD
5 26 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
5 26 (0.66%) Revit
5 26 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.43%) SPSS
7 16 (0.41%) MS Visio
8 14 (0.36%) Simulink
9 7 (0.18%) Chatbot
9 7 (0.18%) Stateflow
10 5 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
11 3 (0.077%) ProjectWise
12 2 (0.051%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.051%) FileZilla
13 1 (0.026%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.026%) Sketch
13 1 (0.026%) Trello
13 1 (0.026%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 37 (0.94%) Elite 3E
2 27 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.38%) NEC Housing
3 15 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.31%) Relativity
5 11 (0.28%) ResourceLink
5 11 (0.28%) SAP HR
6 10 (0.26%) Infor SunSystems
6 10 (0.26%) iTrent
6 10 (0.26%) SAP Payroll
7 8 (0.20%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.18%) BPCS
8 7 (0.18%) Carpe Diem
9 6 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
9 6 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
9 6 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.15%) SAP HCM
10 5 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
10 5 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 484 (12.36%) AWS
2 459 (11.72%) Azure
3 280 (7.15%) Microsoft 365
4 229 (5.85%) Power Platform
5 131 (3.35%) SaaS
6 108 (2.76%) Entra ID
7 105 (2.68%) GCP
8 67 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
9 61 (1.56%) Serverless
10 60 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
11 56 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
12 52 (1.33%) Amazon EC2
12 52 (1.33%) Amazon ECS
12 52 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
13 51 (1.30%) Amazon EMR
13 51 (1.30%) Amazon SQS
14 50 (1.28%) Amazon S3
14 50 (1.28%) PowerApps
15 46 (1.17%) GitHub
16 44 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 117 (2.99%) Firewall
2 52 (1.33%) WAN
3 49 (1.25%) Internet
4 45 (1.15%) LAN
5 43 (1.10%) Wireless
6 35 (0.89%) SAN
7 30 (0.77%) Intranet
8 29 (0.74%) DNS
9 28 (0.72%) TCP/IP
10 27 (0.69%) DHCP
10 27 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
10 27 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (0.56%) VoIP
12 21 (0.54%) VPN
13 13 (0.33%) SNMP
14 11 (0.28%) Network Security
15 10 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (0.26%) SSL
15 10 (0.26%) VLAN
15 10 (0.26%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 337 (8.61%) NoSQL
2 259 (6.61%) Big Data
3 217 (5.54%) Hadoop
4 183 (4.67%) Power BI
5 138 (3.52%) SQL Server
6 104 (2.66%) Apache Hive
7 83 (2.12%) HBase
8 76 (1.94%) Relational Database
9 67 (1.71%) Data Lake
10 64 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
11 54 (1.38%) Electronic Patient Records
12 47 (1.20%) Apache Cassandra
12 47 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
13 39 (1.00%) Qlik Sense
14 37 (0.94%) MySQL
15 36 (0.92%) Tableau
16 32 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 29 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
18 21 (0.54%) EDRMS
19 20 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 131 (3.35%) Git
2 125 (3.19%) Jenkins
3 105 (2.68%) JIRA
4 69 (1.76%) JUnit
5 67 (1.71%) Bitbucket Server
6 33 (0.84%) CircleCI
7 27 (0.69%) Mockito
8 26 (0.66%) Jasmine
9 20 (0.51%) Gradle
9 20 (0.51%) Maven
9 20 (0.51%) Travis CI
10 19 (0.49%) Visual Studio
11 12 (0.31%) GitLab
12 9 (0.23%) Bitbucket
12 9 (0.23%) TeamCity
13 8 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
14 6 (0.15%) Eclipse
15 5 (0.13%) Cypress.io
15 5 (0.13%) Selenium
15 5 (0.13%) WebDriver
General
1 1,964 (50.15%) Finance
2 1,287 (32.87%) Law
3 1,230 (31.41%) Social Skills
4 1,152 (29.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 546 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
6 339 (8.66%) Banking
7 282 (7.20%) Retail
8 277 (7.07%) Marketing
9 133 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
10 124 (3.17%) Manufacturing
11 102 (2.60%) Public Sector
12 94 (2.40%) Local Government
13 91 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
14 75 (1.92%) Telecoms
15 66 (1.69%) Publishing
16 50 (1.28%) Investment Banking
17 48 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
18 46 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
19 43 (1.10%) Automotive
20 34 (0.87%) Games
Job Titles
1 733 (18.72%) Software Engineer
2 692 (17.67%) Analyst
3 512 (13.07%) Senior
4 269 (6.87%) Java Engineer
4 269 (6.87%) Java Software Engineer
5 230 (5.87%) Lead
6 227 (5.80%) Big Data Engineer
6 227 (5.80%) Big Data Software Engineer
7 217 (5.54%) Data Engineer
8 208 (5.31%) AWS Engineer
8 208 (5.31%) Developer
9 207 (5.29%) AWS Software Engineer
10 181 (4.62%) Senior Analyst
11 142 (3.63%) Full Stack Engineer
11 142 (3.63%) Project Manager
12 133 (3.40%) Full Stack Software Engineer
13 124 (3.17%) Python Engineer
14 123 (3.14%) Python Software Engineer
15 112 (2.86%) Architect
16 109 (2.78%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (5.06%) Spring
2 159 (4.06%) React
3 144 (3.68%) HTML
4 127 (3.24%) Kafka
5 123 (3.14%) AngularJS
6 119 (3.04%) .NET
7 110 (2.81%) J2EE
8 104 (2.66%) CSS
9 99 (2.53%) Node.js
10 87 (2.22%) JSON
11 86 (2.20%) XML
12 84 (2.15%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 80 (2.04%) PySpark
14 79 (2.02%) JMS
15 71 (1.81%) Spring Boot
16 66 (1.69%) Hibernate
16 66 (1.69%) Web Services
17 49 (1.25%) GraphQL
17 49 (1.25%) REST
18 47 (1.20%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 555 (14.17%) Algorithms
2 305 (7.79%) Management Information System
3 270 (6.89%) Onboarding
4 152 (3.88%) Cloud Native
5 118 (3.01%) Driving Licence
6 101 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
7 82 (2.09%) Data Structures
8 79 (2.02%) Product Ownership
9 74 (1.89%) Credit Risk
10 70 (1.79%) Housing Association
11 60 (1.53%) Public Cloud
12 55 (1.40%) Data Centre
13 49 (1.25%) Security Posture
14 43 (1.10%) Legacy Code
15 34 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
15 34 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
16 33 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
17 31 (0.79%) Life Science
18 29 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
18 29 (0.74%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 257 (6.56%) Windows
2 111 (2.83%) Unix
3 95 (2.43%) Windows 10
4 82 (2.09%) Windows Server
5 76 (1.94%) Linux
6 54 (1.38%) Android
7 50 (1.28%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.20%) VMS
10 8 (0.20%) Windows 8
11 7 (0.18%) Mac OS
12 6 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.077%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.077%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.051%) AIX
14 2 (0.051%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.026%) Robot Operating System
15 1 (0.026%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,328 (33.91%) Agile
2 1,072 (27.37%) Risk Management
3 828 (21.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 793 (20.25%) Software Engineering
5 743 (18.97%) CI/CD
6 698 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
7 697 (17.80%) SDLC
8 599 (15.30%) Artificial Intelligence
9 574 (14.66%) Visualisation
10 530 (13.53%) Operational Stability
11 527 (13.46%) Machine Learning
12 465 (11.87%) Decision-Making
13 414 (10.57%) Community of Practice
14 378 (9.65%) Project Management
15 314 (8.02%) Coaching
16 311 (7.94%) Customer Service
17 308 (7.87%) Information Security
18 299 (7.64%) Data Protection
19 297 (7.58%) Data Management
20 288 (7.35%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 753 (19.23%) SQL
2 551 (14.07%) Java
3 516 (13.18%) Python
4 141 (3.60%) JavaScript
5 124 (3.17%) Scala
6 117 (2.99%) C#
7 97 (2.48%) PL/SQL
8 90 (2.30%) TypeScript
9 62 (1.58%) PowerShell
10 43 (1.10%) T-SQL
11 37 (0.94%) Ruby
12 35 (0.89%) C
13 31 (0.79%) Go
14 22 (0.56%) C++
14 22 (0.56%) Kotlin
15 19 (0.49%) PHP
16 18 (0.46%) VB.NET
17 17 (0.43%) RPG
18 16 (0.41%) MATLAB
19 14 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 729 (18.62%) Degree
2 113 (2.89%) HNC
3 93 (2.37%) Master's Degree
4 92 (2.35%) CISSP
5 78 (1.99%) HND
6 74 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 62 (1.58%) Security Cleared
8 56 (1.43%) DBS Check
9 47 (1.20%) CISM
10 40 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (0.89%) ACCA
12 33 (0.84%) CISA
13 31 (0.79%) SC Cleared
14 24 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
15 23 (0.59%) APMG
16 22 (0.56%) MBA
17 20 (0.51%) MRICS
18 19 (0.49%) Azure Certification
18 19 (0.49%) GIAC
19 18 (0.46%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 308 (7.87%) GDPR
2 227 (5.80%) QA
3 161 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 114 (2.91%) Data Quality
5 73 (1.86%) SLA
6 66 (1.69%) NIST
7 53 (1.35%) IFRS
8 45 (1.15%) PMO
9 40 (1.02%) IFRS 9
10 38 (0.97%) Accessibility
10 38 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
10 38 (0.97%) GRC
11 32 (0.82%) ISO 9001
12 26 (0.66%) NEBOSH
13 25 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 22 (0.56%) ISO 22301
15 19 (0.49%) PCI DSS
16 14 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 11 (0.28%) ISO 14000
17 11 (0.28%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 197 (5.03%) Active Directory
2 83 (2.12%) HDFS
3 59 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 48 (1.23%) Hyper-V
5 28 (0.72%) Firmware
6 24 (0.61%) Docker
7 20 (0.51%) RACF
7 20 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
8 12 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.20%) Terminal Services
10 6 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.10%) vSphere
11 4 (0.10%) XenApp
12 3 (0.077%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.051%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.051%) pfSense
13 2 (0.051%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.026%) LXC
14 1 (0.026%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 144 (3.68%) Kubernetes
2 95 (2.43%) Terraform
3 39 (1.00%) SCCM
4 31 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (0.61%) Ansible
5 24 (0.61%) SCOM
6 15 (0.38%) Functional Safety
7 13 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.20%) vCenter Server
9 6 (0.15%) QRadar
9 6 (0.15%) vRealize
10 5 (0.13%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.13%) Grafana
10 5 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
11 4 (0.10%) AirWatch
12 3 (0.077%) Control-M
12 3 (0.077%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.077%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.077%) Puppet
13 2 (0.051%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 810 (20.68%) Microsoft
2 181 (4.62%) Databricks
3 179 (4.57%) Oracle
4 140 (3.58%) SAP
5 98 (2.50%) iManage
6 87 (2.22%) VMware
7 75 (1.92%) Citrix
8 68 (1.74%) Informatica
9 62 (1.58%) Google
10 55 (1.40%) Alteryx
11 54 (1.38%) Cisco
12 53 (1.35%) Cloudera
13 50 (1.28%) IBM
14 40 (1.02%) Intapp
15 36 (0.92%) HP
15 36 (0.92%) ServiceNow
16 34 (0.87%) Aderant
16 34 (0.87%) Dell
17 31 (0.79%) Veeam
18 27 (0.69%) Salesforce